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Daniel Chamovitz is an American-born biologist and Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University , Israel, and the founder of the multidisciplinary Manna Center Program in Food Safety and Security.1He received a B.Sc. in Biology from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , and a PhD in genetics also the Hebrew University; he did postdoctoral work in plant biology at Yale University where he discovered the COP9 Signalosome. He has an extensive research record using both arabidopsis and drosophila as model systems. His work employs genetic, biochemical, molecular and computational approaches to study the COP9 Signalosome. He has many published professional papers in peer-reviewed journals with over 3400 citations listed in Google Scholar, as well as lecturing about Food Security in a growing world. His popular science book What a Plant Knows was published in 2012. It has won a silver medal from the Nautilus Book Awards and was listed as one of the Top 10 Science books in Amazon for 2012. What A Plant knows has been translated and published in 14 countries. The book also served as the base for a course with the same name taught on Coursera by Chamovitz to over 42,000 students. "WHAT A PLANT KNOWS by Daniel Chamovitz" (Review).2
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Daniel Chamovitz ( דניאל חיימוביץ ; born April 18, 1963 ) is an American-born plant geneticist and the 7th President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva , Israel .Previously he served as Dean of the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University , Israel, and the director of the multidisciplinary Manna Center Program in Food Safety and Security . Daniel Chamovitz, President-Elect of BGU" .Daniel Chamovitz | The George S.Wise Faculty of Life Sciences" . en-lifesci.tau.ac.il .
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American-born Israeli biologist Daniel Chamovitz ( דניאל חיימוביץ ; born April 18, 1963 ) is an American-born plant geneticist and the 7th President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva , Israel . Previously he was Dean of the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University , Israel, and the director of the multidisciplinary Manna Center Program in Food Safety and Security. Daniel Chamovitz, President-Elect of BGU" . "Food Safety & Security Manna Center Program in | Tel Aviv University" . foodsecurity.tau.ac.il . Daniel Chamovitz | The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences" . en-lifesci.tau.ac.il .
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American-born Israeli biologist Daniel Chamovitz ( Hebrew : דניאל חיימוביץ; born April 18, 1963) is an American-born Israeli plant geneticist and the 7th President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva , Israel .On July 1, 2024, he assumed the position of head of VERA – Association of University Heads, Israel [ he ] . Previously he was Dean of the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University , Israel, and the director of the multidisciplinary Manna Center Program in Food Safety and Security. Daniel Chamovitz, President-Elect of BGU" . "דבר היו"ר - ועד ראשי האוניברסיטאותועד ראשי האוניברסיטאות" . "Food Safety & Security Manna Center Program in | Tel Aviv University" . foodsecurity.tau.ac.il . Daniel Chamovitz | The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences" . en-lifesci.tau.ac.il .
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american-born biologist and dean of the faculty of life sciences at tel aviv university
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